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> Micheal,
>
> >Also, I'm a little worried about your "children of a lesser god"
> >analogy. Without indulging in all the vulgar bullshit that surrounds
> >this question, I think it is pretty clear that Heidegger's politics were
> >not only motivated by his philosophy but were also "philosophical" in
> >their formulation and motivation. Historically, it is the case that he
> >did preach Nazism (to use another poster's terms), and it is perhaps the
> >most intriuging and difficult task to look at his work with his politics
> >in mind.
>
> Okay, before I was uninterested in Heidegger's political views (with good
> reason) but there is something that I wanted clairified (is there an honest
> to goodness Historian in the house?). While I knew that Heidegger preached
> (and even emraced "socialism", I was unaware of him preaching "Nazi-ism"
> (whatever we may want to define that as). As far as reading his work with
> his politics in mind, I feel thetwo should be separated. To the best of my
> knowledge, Heidegger did not write any major political treatise (I may be
> wrong) and his personal politics would seem pretty unnecessry in any
> discussion concerning his ontological standpoint. I suppose the arguement
> could be made that his ontology must come from his own senses of the world
> and that his politics might have an effect on it. However, the effect would
> not be what is important in a discussion concerning his philosophy itself.
> It would be equally interesting to discuss how Mozart's politics may or may
> not have affected the style of music he wrote. However, doing so would not
> change a single note of the music.
>
> -NIK
>
>
>
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> Micheal,
>
> >Also, I'm a little worried about your "children of a lesser god"
> >analogy. Without indulging in all the vulgar bullshit that surrounds
> >this question, I think it is pretty clear that Heidegger's politics were
> >not only motivated by his philosophy but were also "philosophical" in
> >their formulation and motivation. Historically, it is the case that he
> >did preach Nazism (to use another poster's terms), and it is perhaps the
> >most intriuging and difficult task to look at his work with his politics
> >in mind.
>
> Okay, before I was uninterested in Heidegger's political views (with good
> reason) but there is something that I wanted clairified (is there an honest
> to goodness Historian in the house?). While I knew that Heidegger preached
> (and even emraced "socialism", I was unaware of him preaching "Nazi-ism"
> (whatever we may want to define that as). As far as reading his work with
> his politics in mind, I feel thetwo should be separated. To the best of my
> knowledge, Heidegger did not write any major political treatise (I may be
> wrong) and his personal politics would seem pretty unnecessry in any
> discussion concerning his ontological standpoint. I suppose the arguement
> could be made that his ontology must come from his own senses of the world
> and that his politics might have an effect on it. However, the effect would
> not be what is important in a discussion concerning his philosophy itself.
> It would be equally interesting to discuss how Mozart's politics may or may
> not have affected the style of music he wrote. However, doing so would not
> change a single note of the music.
>
> -NIK
>
>
>
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